am 3046-3049, bc 958-955
in the eighteenth: 2 Chronicles 12:16; 1 Kings 15:1-8
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2 Chronicles 13:1
2 Chronicles 13:1
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain
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